Wait, we’re going to build a soccer stadium for a D2 team? Not the NYCFCs? Why would anyone do this? Of course the t-shirt people might decide they like soccer so you never know. Anyway this seems insane.
According to the Borough President’s office, the three discussed the future of soccer, including a “proposal to build a 10,000- to 25,000-seat soccer stadium in the Willets Point redevelopment area that would serve as home for the Queensboro Football Club, a proposed new team that would play in the United Soccer League, a second division professional league.”
Source: Villa at Queens Borough Hall; Villa as Queens soccer investor? – Soccer in NYC